When Echo & the Bunnymen emerged, in 1978, punk rock was turning the world upside down, making indulgent '70s rock instantly irrelevant with its exciting new sounds and ideas. S ix '70s prog masterpieces recommended by Sergeant himself By DANIEL BROCKMAN | May 06, 2011

Less dour than the Cure but more somber than New Order, with a thorny mix of sadness and sunshine, Liverpudlian gloom-pop masters Echo & the Bunnymen were far weirder than they get credit for being. Ocean Rain (2009) By DANIEL BROCKMAN | November 13, 2009

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic enjoyed a curiously successful career from their very first show, a release party at Kenmore Square's deceased Rat for the Modern Method label's local comp A Wicked Good Time . By MATT PARISH | July 24, 2009

From the late '70s to the late '80s, Anglophile guitar rock went through a strange period of adjustment following the Year Zero history eradication brought on by capital-P Punk and its subsequent slaying of the Guitar Hero. Some unsung Brit guitar heroes By DAN BROCKMAN | June 26, 2009

"There's not enough hype in the world for Glasvegas," old reliable hypemonger NME recently proclaimed. But that doesn't mean the magazine and the rest of the British music press aren't trying. Great Scott, January 4, 2009 By WILL SPITZ | January 06, 2009

Not unlike Swedish, Tagalog, and Esperanto, music is a language, with its own conjugations and (lewdly) dangling participles. Our critics pick the 14 producers with the fattest, meanest beats By PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 18, 2007

The real album of the year is a disc that probably didn’t cross many people’s paths in 2006, a Rhino comp titled Future Retro that pairs various DJs/electronicists (Richard X, Tiga, the Crystal Method) with classic new-wave tracks by the Cure, Echo &am A year in national pop By MATT ASHARE | December 28, 2006

Greg Dulli may wear his tender heart on his suave, stylish sleeve, but it’s just bait — a lure for unwitting romantics who enjoy having their hearts broken. Slideshow: Twilight Singers at Avalon, November 14, 2006 The Twilight Singers, Paradise Rock Club, November 14, 2006 By MATT ASHARE | November 20, 2006

No doubt their mimeographed postpunk is about as fresh as a tray of Shaw’s sushi. And yet Editors are well aware that they can be past expiration date and still come through with the upper hand. Slideshow: Editors at the Paradise, July 30, 2006 Editors at the Paradise, July 30, 2006 By SHARON STEEL | July 31, 2006

The Littlest Bar sits slightly below ground at 47 Province Street, near the Granary Burying Ground and Old City Hall. Four hundred square feet of history, camaraderie, and booze marches to its end By MIKE MILIARD | January 29, 2006

Last year, though word barely reached the States, the Liverpool scene came back to life, with the Zutons, the Stands, and the Coral leading the resurgence. The overlooked brilliance of the Coral By KEN MICALLEF | January 17, 2006